The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-06-06
A PASTORS FAREWELL.
The Rev. j. A Cruzan Addresses a
Few Parting words 40 His Com
graSafion


The morning service at the Fort-stree
/ Church yesterday was an occasion Of more
than ordinary interest, not unmingleC
/ with regret, for it was then that Pastor
! Cruzan occupied for the last time the
! pulpit which for the past six years he ha:
/ filled with so much ability, ever mind
/ full Of the progressive ideas of the age III
which his lot is cast. A numerous gather
ing assembled to hear his parting words
many of whom pressed forward at the
close TO take a personal leave. Among
the last public acts of the the reverend
gentleman's pastorate will long be rememr
bored (more particularly by the individuals
concerned) she admission upon public
profession of faith of number Of persons
to Il more intimate participation i'll the
Ininistrations of the church. During the
service, TOO, the ordinance of baptism and
the sacrament of the Lords Supper were
administered. Each of these was accom-
panied by appropriate anthems unObtru-
sively but most effectively rendered. An
opportunity was taken during the service
to acknowledge in feeling terms hand
some gift subscribed for by the ladies OF
the church to express the goodwill they
bore to Mrs. Cruzan.
THE ADDRESS.
The half hour or so usually devoted to
the sermon was occupied by an address,
in which the pastor thanked his congrega-
ton for The kindness they had evInced
towards him and Mrs. Cruzan,
especially since it became known
that they contemplated leaving. If
any degree of success had attended their
efforts to promote the welfare of tho
church it must be attributed to the mem
bers of the church, for it was saying of
Dr. Taylor, of New York, that no man
could be richer than his wife would let him,
than his church would let him be. During
the last SIX years he had had the hearty
cooperation of the church, and his hearers
had been indulgent and sympathetic.
They had also been wisely critical, and he
thanked them, not so much for their words
of communication as for their kind words
of criticism, which had been most helpful,
and which showed him he had stood before
men and women capable of thinking for
themselves, and who would not be blindly
led by anyone. During his ministry he
had tried from the utmost depths of his
being to be always loyal to the Lord Jesus
Christ had tried to preach Christ, the
living person, giving more prominence TO
this than to systems of theology. He had
AWAY tried to find out what was the truth
and to teach it plainly, pOintedly and per-
He trusted that no words
of his had ranked in the hearts
of his hearers, but at the same
time he hoped that some had at times |
made them feel less comfortable by rous-
ing the dormant conscience. Another |
prominent characteristic of his miniStra- |
tons had been that he had endeavored to |
present this world not only as lost, but |
as a redeemed world. Especially was he |
DESTROYS of recognizing the assistance be |
had received from Messrs. E. Q. Hall, w.
Jones, Deacons Whitney and Judd, p.
G. Jones and J. T. Warehouse, Jr. a
man who had such counsellors as these
would be a man of straw if he failed to
carry on the church work successfully. 1t
vas true they had sometimes differed, but
always kindly. He spoke in acknowledge
nent of the work of those identified with
he Sunday-schoOl, and impressed upon
hem its Importance for the 257 members
If the Sunday-school were the elements of
7Ort-street Church twenty years hence
lie also referred in grateful terms to Pro
essor Yarndley and the members of the
hoir. He concluded with some parting
words of advice.